There was an error saving attachment, check disk space.

Hi, I hope someone can help me, but I am unable to open attachments in
windows mail, I get the message saying it is downloading but it doesn't open.


I have tried saving the files instead but get an error message saying check
my disk space, there should be plenty of space.

I have checked my default programs with no effect.

This has been happening intermittantly for months my attachments were fine 2
weeks ago.

That problem can be caused by interference from an antivirus
program. Which antivirus are you running?
As a minimum, email scanning in the antivirus should be turned off,
although that may not be sufficient to eliminate all bad effects.
In a worst case scenario, your antivirus may need to be uninstalled.

Email scanning in any antivirus should be disabled, for reasons
explained here:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

If no improvement after disabling email scanning, consider upgrading
to Windows Live Mail, because it is less prone to suffering bad effects
from overly intrusive antivirus programs:
http://download.live.com/wlmail

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Claire1975" <> wrote in message news:9DCA815D-B424-4CC6-8E46-...
> Hi, I hope someone can help me, but I am unable to open attachments in
> windows mail, I get the message saying it is downloading but it doesn't open.
>
>
> I have tried saving the files instead but get an error message saying check
> my disk space, there should be plenty of space.
>
> I have checked my default programs with no effect.
>
> This has been happening intermittantly for months my attachments were fine 2
> weeks ago.

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" wrote:

> That problem can be caused by interference from an antivirus
> program. Which antivirus are you running?
> As a minimum, email scanning in the antivirus should be turned off,
> although that may not be sufficient to eliminate all bad effects.
> In a worst case scenario, your antivirus may need to be uninstalled.
>
> Email scanning in any antivirus should be disabled, for reasons
> explained here:
> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
>
> If no improvement after disabling email scanning, consider upgrading
> to Windows Live Mail, because it is less prone to suffering bad effects
> from overly intrusive antivirus programs:
> http://download.live.com/wlmail
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "Claire1975" <> wrote in message news:9DCA815D-B424-4CC6-8E46-...
> > Hi, I hope someone can help me, but I am unable to open attachments in
> > windows mail, I get the message saying it is downloading but it doesn't open.
> >
> >
> > I have tried saving the files instead but get an error message saying check
> > my disk space, there should be plenty of space.
> >
> > I have checked my default programs with no effect.
> >
> > This has been happening intermittantly for months my attachments were fine 2
> > weeks ago.
> .
>

i have the same problem and nothing seems to work someone help me.

Describe your problem in detail, and what all have you tried so far?

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"tysonand me" <> wrote in message news:900E09EF-CDDF-4E37-A6BB-...
>
> i have the same problem and nothing seems to work someone help me.